Rohinton MistryManchester University Press, 2004 - 209 páginas The award-winning novelist Rohinton Mistry is recognised as one of the most important contemporary writers of postcolonial literature. His subtle yet powerful narratives engross general readers, excite critical acclaim and form staple elements of literature courses across the world. This study - the first of its kind on this writer - will provide scholars and students with an insight into the key features of Mistry's work. Peter Morey suggests how the author's writing can be read in terms of recent Indian political history, his native Zoroastrian culture and ethos, and the experience of migration which now sees him living in Canada. The texts are viewed through the lens of diaspora and minority discourse theories to show how Mistry's writing is illustrative of marginal positions in relation to sanctioned national identities. In addition, Mistry utilises and blends the conventions of oral storytelling common to the Persian and South Asian traditions with nods in the direction of the canonical figures of modern European literature, sometimes reworking and reinflecting their registers and preoccupations to create a distinctive voice redolent of the hybrid inheritance of Parsi culture and of the postcolonial predicament more generally. |
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... seems to be the main story , that of Sarosh- Sid and his difficulties in Canada , forms only the last part of the tale , the first half being taken up with the amazing feats of the incredible Savukshaw , Parsi cricketer , cyclist , pole ...
... seems to be the main story , that of Sarosh- Sid and his difficulties in Canada , forms only the last part of the tale , the first half being taken up with the amazing feats of the incredible Savukshaw , Parsi cricketer , cyclist , pole ...
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Peter Morey. Percy seems to be obeying the Zoroastrian call to charitable works , thereby exemplifying the faith's conjunction of light with the Good.27 To Kersi , Percy's seems the engaged , ' authentic ' life choice . He is doing ...
Peter Morey. Percy seems to be obeying the Zoroastrian call to charitable works , thereby exemplifying the faith's conjunction of light with the Good.27 To Kersi , Percy's seems the engaged , ' authentic ' life choice . He is doing ...
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... seems possible that Rajaram / Bal Baba's may be an exculpatory fantasy rather than true renunciation , and that he is merely peddling consoling fictions . However , as Maneck leaves Bal Baba's marquee , the crowds are still queuing for ...
... seems possible that Rajaram / Bal Baba's may be an exculpatory fantasy rather than true renunciation , and that he is merely peddling consoling fictions . However , as Maneck leaves Bal Baba's marquee , the crowds are still queuing for ...
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